Question: Is it correct to say that in deep sleep, we are self-realized and we lose that as soon as we wake up?
Sri Prabhuji:
In deep sleep SELF alone is there. In waking and dream state body and world appears as superimposition on SELF. Due to identification with body SELF nature is forgotten. To realize I am SELF in waking dreaming and deep sleep not the body-mind-intellect is called SELF realization.
Question: If suffering is one’s own perception, how can we be free from it?
Sri Prabhuji:
There is no suffering in sleep. Ego is the cause of suffering. Thought is cause of suffering. Be in waking sleep (jagrat sushupta) and be free.